we are in a media literacy crisis

friendly reminder that characters don't need to be saints to be entertaining. and telling a story does not mean endorsement. art does not need to be all about morally good people.

IDK if this was meant as hyperbole but it's literally true:

Adult literacy is low.

Child literacy is low.

Information literacy has shifted dramatically in the last decade, but reputable information sources like research journals and factual news reporting have been unable to keep pace.

We are genuinely in a crisis of media literacy, with ever fewer genuinely factual resources available in the style and language used by contemporary audiences.

It may sound condescending, but we genuinely need to remind people, or worse, explain to them for the first time that art is not evidence of real world behaviour.

So, thank you, for this reminder. Genuinely.

You're correct:

Art does not need to feature exclusively morally pure characters. Art is not proof of the creator's secret, violent desires.

Most of you already saw the news of last week from twitter, but I was waiting on the official convention photos to be up and post it here. After about 7 years of cosplaying, this nerd won best costume 🎉 I'm still shook and still have some sort of imposter syndrome about it, but from the bottom of my heart, thank you ❤ This has been a total win

distracted

morally grey/evil scientist characters are always like biochemical engineers or nuclear physicists or whatever but the people want VARIETY give me a story about a fucked up geologist for once

blue heat 🔥💙

𝔰𝔲𝔫𝔡𝔞𝔶 𝔰𝔨𝔬𝔭𝔧𝔴 𝔣𝔬𝔯𝔤𝔬𝔱𝔱𝔢𝔫 𝔟𝔯𝔲𝔱𝔱 𓆙 (at Skopje) https://www.instagram.com/p/CB_HOMZH2e7/?igshid=1ovrqzfeo4mzb

this happened weeks ago but im still thinking about it

Shit man, this wizard war is fucked. I just saw a guy clap his hands together and say "the ten hells" or some similar shit, and every one around him turned inside out, had their tibia explode and then disappeared. The camera didn't even go onto him, that's how common shit like this is. My ass is casting frostbite and level 2 poison. I think I just heard "power word:scrunch" two groups over. I gotta get the fuck outta here.

the fact that kobolds seem to be this more "animalistic" race, with kuro talking in broken language and like improper grammar. this, coupled with the fact that he seems unaware of the fact that he's being exploited by mick, makes kobolds appear to be less intelligent than other races.

but we actually find out that the simple speech patterns are in fact due to common being kuro's second language. and in a scene where kabru talks to kuro in his native language, it's actually kabru with the simple speech patterns.

we even learn that kuro seems to actually have a much better understanding of his situation with mick than we first imagine. merely wanting to stay with them so they can have someone who they can feel relaxed around.

this, coupled with a bunch of other things, really makes dungeon meshi stand out from other fantasy media. there are no "dumb" or "evil" races, they're all just people.

Unfortunately this is funny as hell

My little brother loves Gravity Falls. As a gift, I bought him a little pocket journal and filled it with notes in invisible ink

Customer: THIS IS ME WHEN I VISIT MY FRIEND DMV: THE FRIENDFUL VISITOR

Verdict: DENIED

We gotta real thee-Botzy-problem brewing here, bros.